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Full name | María Paula Salas Zúñiga | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 12 July 2002||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | San Ramón, Costa Rica | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Atlas | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Saprissa FF | ||||||||||||||||
2019–2022 | Alajuelense FF | (28) | |||||||||||||||
2022 | ChievoVerona Women FM | ||||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Monterrey | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Atlas | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
Costa Rica U20 | |||||||||||||||||
2018– | Costa Rica | 9[2] | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 July 2019 |
María Paula Salas Zúñiga (born 12 July 2002) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays as a forward for Mexican Liga MX Femenil club CF Monterrey and the Costa Rica women's national team.
Club career
Born in San Ramón, Salas began playing club football with Saprissa FF before transferring to Alajuelense FF in 2019.[3][4] She led Alajuelense FF to the 2021 Clausura Costa Rican Women's Premier Division title by scoring a hat-trick in the club's 3–1 second leg victory (5–2 on aggregate) over Saprissa FF, capping the club's first ever undefeated championship.[5] Salas was Alajuelense FF's all-time leading scorer with 28 goals,[6] and had scored 70 league goals by age 19.[7]
Salas joined ChievoVerona Women FM in January 2022, and made her Serie B Femminile debut as a second half substitute against Palermo Women on 28 February 2022.[8]
International career
Salas appeared in two matches for Costa Rica at the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship.[1][2]
International goals
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 6 August 2019 | Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima, Peru | Colombia | 3–3 | 3–4 (a.e.t.) | 2019 Pan American Games |
2. | 25 June 2022 | Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica | Haiti | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
3. | 5 July 2022 | Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe, Mexico | Panama | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2022 CONCACAF W Championship |
4. | 4 December 2023 | SKNFA Technical Center, Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1–0 | 19–0 | 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification |
5. | 3–0 | |||||
6. | 4–0 | |||||
7. | 5–0 | |||||
8. | 7–0 | |||||
9. | 12–0 | |||||
10. | 13–0 | |||||
References
- 1 2 "Costa Rica". CONCACAF Women's Championship. CONCACAF. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- 1 2 María Paula Salas at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ↑ "Alajuelense Codea ficha a la goleadora de Saprissa" (in Spanish). La Nación. 23 December 2019.
- ↑ "Salas: I think about the World Cup every day". FIFA. 12 September 2021.
- ↑ "María Paula Salas vivió la final que siempre soñó con Alajuelense" (in Spanish). La Nación. 14 November 2021.
- ↑ "Alajuelense tiene nueva goleadora histórica" (in Spanish). La Nación. 2 December 2022.
- ↑ "Jugadora de Alajuelense tiene 70 goles en Primera División con 19 años" (in Spanish). La Nación. 16 October 2021.
- ↑ "TRE GOL E TERZO POSTO: IL CHIEVO SI IMPONE SUL PALERMO". calciofemminileitaliano.it (in Italian). 28 February 2022.